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1.  The  followin 
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Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  Office, 
Richmond,  Va.  Aug.  1861. 

1.  The  following  Regulations  are  published  for  the 
guidance  of  the  Army,  and  they  will  be  strictly  en- 
forced. 

DISCHARGES. 

2.  No  enlisted  man  shall  be  discharged  before  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  without  authority 
of  the  War  Department,  except  by  sentence  of  a  gene- 
ral court  martial,  or  by  the  commander  of  the  depart- 
ment, or  of  an  army  in  the  field,  on  certificate  of  dis- 
ability, or  on  application  of  the  soldier  after  twenty 
years'  service. 

3.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  to  be  discharged,  his 
company  commander  shall  furnish  him  certificates  of 
his  account,  according  to  form  4,  pay  department. 

4.  Whenever  a  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier 
shall  be  unfit  for  the  military  service,  in  consequence 
of  wounds,  disease  or  infirmity,  his  captain  shall  for- 
ward to  the  commander  of  the  department,  or  of  the 
army  in  the  field,  through  the  commander  of  the  regi- 
ment or  post,  a  statement  of  his  case,  with  a  certificate 
of  his  disability  signed  by  the  senior  surgeon  of  the 
hospital,  regiment  or  post,  according  to  the  form  pre- 
scribed in  the  medical  regulations. 

5.  If  the  recommendation  for  the  discharge  of  the 
invalid  be  approved,  the  authority  therefor  will  be  en- 
dorsed on  the  "certificate  of  disability,"  which  will  be 
sent  back  to  be  completed  and  signed  by  the  command- 
ing officer,  who  will  then  send  the  same  to  the  Adju- 
tant General's  office. 

6.  The  date,  place,  and  cause  of  discharge  of  a  sol- 
dier absent  from  his  company,  will  be  reported  by  the 
commander  of  the  post  to  his  company  commander. 


7.  Company  commanders  are  required  to  keep  the 
blank  discharges  and  certificates  carefully  in  their  cus- 
tody. 

LEAVES    OF   ABSENCE    TO    OFFICERS. 

8.  In  no  case  will  leaves  of  absence  be  granted  so 
that  a  company  be  left  without  one  of  its  commissioned 
officers,  or  that  a  garrison  post  be  left  without  two 
commissioned  officers  and  competent  medical  atten- 
dance ;  nor  shall,  leave  of  absence  be  granted  to  an 
officer  during  the  season  of  active  operations,  except 
on  urgent  necessity,  and  then  as  follows :  the  com- 
mander of  a  post  may  grant  seven  days'  leave,  the 
commander  of  an  army  thirty  days. 

9.  When  not  otherwise  specified,  leaves  of  absence 
will  be  considered  as  commencing  on  the  day  that  the 
officer  is  relieved  from  duty  at  his  post.  He  will  re- 
port himself  monthly,  giving  his* address,  for  the  next 
thirty  days,  to  the  commander  of  his  post,  and  of  his 
regiment  or  corps,  and  to  the  Adjutant  General;  and 
in  his  first  report  state  the  day  when  his  leave  of  ab- 
sence commenced  ;  at  the  expiration  of  his  leave  he 
will  join  his  station. 

10.  The  immediate  commander  of  the  officer  apply- 
ing for  leave  of  absence,  and  all  intermediate  com- 
manders, will  endorse  their  opinion  on  the  application 
before  forwarding  it. 

1 1.  The  commander  of  a  post  may  take  leave  of 
absence  not  to  exceed  seven  days  at  one  time,  or  in  the 
same  month,  reporting  the  same  fact  to  his  next  su- 
perior. 

12.  An  application  for  leave  of  absence  on  account 
of  sickness  must  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the 
senior  medical  officer  present,  in  the  following  form : 

-. of  the regiment  of ,  hav- 
ing applied  for  a  certificate,  on  which  to  ground  an  appli- 
cation for  leave  of  absence,  I  do  hereby  certify  that  I 

have  carefully  examined  this  officer  and  find  that . 

(Here  the  nature  of  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability  is 


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to  be  fully  stated,  and  the  period  during  which  the 
officer  has  suffered  under  its  effects.)  And  that,  in  con- 
sequence thereof,  he  is,  in  my  opinion,  unfit  for  duty. 
I  further  declare  my  belief  that  he  will  not  be  able 

to  resume  his  duties  in  a  less   period   than  . 

(Here  state  candidly  and  explicitly  the  opinion  as  to 
the  period  which  will  probably  elapse  before  the  officer 
will  be  able  to  resume  his  duties.  When  there  is  no 
reason  to  expect  a  recovery,  or  when  the  prospect  of 
recovery  is  distant  and  uncertain,  or  when  a  change  of 
climate  is  recommended,  it  must  be  so  stated.)  Dated 
at ,  this day  of . 

SIGNATURE    OF    THE    MEDICAL    OFFICER. 

13.  When  an  officer  is  prevented. by  sickness  from 
joining  his  station,  he  wTill  transmit  certificates  in  the 
above  form  monthly,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  his 
post  and  regiment  or  coqis,  and  to  the  Adjutant  Gene- 
ral ;  and  when  he  cannot  procure  the  certificates  of  a 
medical  officer  of  the  army,  he  will  substitute  his  own 
certificate  on  honor  to  his  condition,  and  a  full  state- 
ment of  his  case.  If  the  officer's  certificate  is  not 
satisfactory,  and  whenever  an  officer  has  been  absent 
on  account  of  sickness  for  one  year,  he  shall  be  ex- 
amined by  a  medical  board,  and  the  case  specially 
reported  to  the  President. 

14.  In  all  reports  of  absence,  or  applications  for 
leave  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness,  the  officer 
shall  state  how  long  he  has  been  absent  already  on 
that  account,  and  by  whose  permission. 

FURLOUGHS    TO    ENLISTED    MEN. 

15.  Furloughs  will  be  granted  only  by  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  post,  or  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  regiment  actually  quartered  with  it.  Furloughs 
may  be  prohibited  at  the  discretion  of  the  officer  in 
command. 

16.  Soldiers  on  furlough  shall  not  take  with  them 
their  arms  or  accoutrements. 


FORM    OF   FURLOUGH. 

To  all  whom  it  may  concern : 

17.   The  bearer  hereof  ,  a   Sergeant 

(corporal  or  private,  as  the  case  may  be)  of  Captain 

company, regiment  of ; 

age  years,  feet  inches  high, 


complexion,  eyes,  hair,  and  by  profession 

a ;  born  in  the of ,  and  enlisted  at 

,  in  the  of  — on  the day  of 

eighteen  hundred  and ,  to  serve  for  the  period 

of ,  is  hereby  permitted  to  go  to  in  the 

county  of ,  state  of ,  he  having  received  a 

furlough,  from  the  day  of to  the day 

of ,  at  which  period  he  will  rejoin  his  company  or 

regiment  at  ,  or  wherever  it  then  may  be,  or  be 

considered  a  deserter. 

Subsistence  has  been  furnished  to  said 

to  the day  of  — ■ — ,   and  pay  to  the  day 

of ,  both  inclusive. 

Given  under  my  hand  at  ,  this day  of 

18 . 

Signature  of  the  officer  giving  the  furlough . 

By  command  of  Secretary  of  War. 

S.  COOPER, 
Adjutant  and  Inspector  General, 


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